It’s OK Republican Voters, Tennessee’s Lamar Alexander Is Undecided Too

For Tennessee Republicans who are still undecided in the presidential race, take heart: Sen. Lamar Alexander says he hasn’t decided on a candidate either.

But Tennessee’s senior senator, himself
a former presidential candidate, did take a shot at some of the frontrunners who talked over each other and resorted to name-calling
over the weekend.

“I think the presidential primary has turned more like mud wrestling than the kind of debate that I would like to see,” Alexander said Tuesday before speaking to the Murfreeboro Rotary Club. “It’s easy to talk about what’s wrong with the country. It’s also easy to make a list of what’s right with it. I think the next president’s job is to bring out the best in our country, and I think the most recent debates — especially the one last Saturday night — didn’t do that.”

When asked if he plans on making an endorsement, Alexander said that in his experience, Tennesseans didn’t elect him to tell them how to vote.

The most recent poll from MTSU found
28 percent of GOP voters in Tennessee were still undecided as of mid-January.

Early voting in Tennessee ends February 23. Primary day is March 1.

Lauren Frederick contributed to this report.